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The steel pan (it’s really a bit of a faux pas to call it a steel drum!) is one of Trinidad’s proudest exports. It distinguishes itself by being the only acoustic, non-electric instrument invented in the 20th century, and one incubated in Laventille, Port of Spain, during the Second World War
Despite it being his first time arranging for Panorama, or any steelpan orchestra at all, 21-year-old David Yundi, is confident in his abilities and that of small conventional steelband, Genesis Pan Groove. The steelband placed 20th in the preliminaries but moved up to ninth in the semi-finals, and played Bun Dem by the late Leroy
TOBAGO-BASED Uptown Fascinators on Saturday night topped the semi-finals of the small band category for conventional steelbands for Panorama 2023 at Victoria Square, Port of Spain. They edged out the TT Defence Force which placed second and New East Side coming third.